"Stewart Pinkerton" wrote in message
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On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 07:27:59 +0000 (UTC), "Alan Murphy"
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"Stewart Pinkerton" wrote in message
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On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 20:45:29 +0100, Eiron wrote:

Nope, the last *significant* improvement in CD quality happened around
1990, when 'bitstream' converters came in. A cheap modern Technics CD
player is very close to sounding as good as anything you can buy at
any price.

I have a cheap modern Technics CD player (2002) which is
vastly improved by the addition of a Meridian 203 DAC.

********. Don't forget I used to *own* a 203 DAC, and it didn't make a
whit of difference to the sound of either my Marantz CD-94 or my Sony
CDP 715E. It's all in your imagination - which is fine, but don't
confuse that with anything in the physical soundfield.

In
fact I have two such setups which I consider superior to my
Marantz 6000 CD player. An additional bonus is that the
Technics will play any CD-R's without quibble whereas the
Marantz is very picky.

That's certainly a solid practical difference.


No wonder you can't hear the difference between cables, Stew :-)

As with so many, you have a vivid imagination. As you surely already
know, I'll gladly give you £1,000 if *you* can hear any difference
between cables.
--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

Forget the cables. You'll no doubt be farting around balancing
the output level to +/- 0.1 decibel to make the test impractical.

I'll bet you an even £1000 that on my system, playing my
music, I can tell the difference between a Technics CD player
SL-PG490 alone, and the same player with a Meridian DAC
203 optically connected, in more than 67% instances.

Alan.